Shobana Chandrakumar, commonly known as Shobana, is an exponent of the Bharatanatyam dance and was a leading actress of Indian motion pictures.

She was born into a Malayalam speaking family from Kerala, India. Shobana is the niece of the Travancore sisters Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini, all of whom were renowned for their skill in classical Indian dance. the veteran actress Ms Sukumari is an aunt from the paternal side .